All 4 Uses
stringent
in
The Plague
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- The Prefect's riposte to criticisms echoed by the press-Could not the regulations be modified and made less stringent?†
Part 2 *stringent = strict
- Only that still more stringent measures should be applied.†
Part 2
- You can't make more stringent ones than those we have now.†
Part 2
- However stringent the precautions, sooner or later contagion did its work.†
Part 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(stringent) demanding strict attention to detailed rules and procedures
or:
with restricted options -- such as when there is a shortage of money or time - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)